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Airstrikes Target OLF In West Following Bank Robberies

January 15 2019

Ethiopia

The Ethiopian military has conducted airstrikes against militant positions in the western part of the country following a pair of bank robberies over the weekend, reports the Addis Standard.

On Sunday, the military carried out a series of airstrikes against training camps run by the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) in Qellem Wellega in Oromia state, said a military source.

The move followed robberies of the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia and the Cooperative Bank of Oromia on...

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